In a new article, SDN staff writer Janice J. Heiss explores the Sun Microsystems presence at Oracle OpenWorld, October 11 to 15. The conference will include a special event for developers from October 11 to 13: Oracle Develop. Learn more.

Nominate yourself or another developer for the 2009 Java Community Process (JCP) program Executive Committee (EC) elections for the Standard/Enterprise Edition Executive Committee or the Micro Edition Executive Committee. Nominations close on Wednesday, October 14. Learn more.

Save up to 20% with a Java Certification Package and get two tries to pass the exam. All Java packages include the training to help you prepare, an ePractice exam, a certification voucher, and now a retake voucher. Learn more.

Wednesday Sep 02, 2009

Learn about the "mixin class," a new feature in JavaFX 1.2 that offers programmers a simplified form of multiple inheritance. Read Mixins in JavaFX 1.2 Technology by SDN senior staff writer Robert Eckstein.